Razor-strop.



No. 812,568. PATENTED FEB. 13, 1906.

F. KAMPPE.

RAZOR STROP. APPLICATION IILED AUG.14, 1905.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 13, 1906.

Application filed August 14, 1905. Serial No. 274,027.

To all "whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK KAMPFE, a citizen of the United States,residing in the borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, city andState of New York, have invented an Improvement in Razor-Strops, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My inventionrelates to devices for suspending a razor-strop from a hook,and the same relates particularly to a strop having but one side ormember, which does not require to be turned over for use during theoperation of stropping the razor, with the object of employing a simple,strong, and durable suspending device of inexpensive character.

In carrying out my invention I employ a strong braided cord, a tube ofmetal correspondingly notched at opposite ends and longitudinally split,and a clip, the free ends of the cord being received in the tube, whichis pressed firmly about the cord to grip the same. The cord passesthrough the notched ends of the tube and is gathered together and heldby the clip. The leather of the strop is notched in the edges atopposite places near one end and passed around the tube, with the partsof the cord in the notches which are adjacent to the notches of thetube, and eyelets are employed to connect the bent-over end of the stropwith the main portion. An eye is thus formed at the end of the cord forsuspending the strop.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a broken elevation representing the devicesof my improvement. Fig. 2 is an edge-view of the same, and Fig. 3 is anelevation representing the cord and the split in the tube alone.

The cord at is preferably of strong substantial character and isadvantageously ornamental in appearance for the use to which it is put.It may be of any desired length.

1) represents a long split tube with end notches 2 8, which notches areof a width almost equal to the diameter of the tube. The respective endsof the cord are passed into the split tube until they meet atapproximately the center of the tube. The tube is then pressed firmlyabout the cord, so as to grip the same, and the cord passed through thenotches at the ends. In length this split tube should substantiallyagree with the width of the strop, which, as illustrated in the presentcase, is formed of the leather piece of of any suitable length, theedges of which at opposite places and at one end are notched to receivethe cord, said end being passed around the tube, so that the notches ofthe leather are adjacent to the notches of the tube, and 0 representseyelets by means of which the leather of the strop is securely fastenedaround the split tube.

I have shown and prefer to employ a clip 0, of metal, which surroundsthe parts of the cord or, which are gathered together. This forms of thecord at one end a loop to be assed over a hook to suspend the strop andto hold the strop in use, and it draws together the parts of the cordbetween the clip and the end of the strop, so as to hold the cordsecurely in the notches and prevent any slipping or the separation ofthe cord from its place of support. As there is no necessity in thisform of strop for turning the same over and the employment of a swiveltherefor, the cord and its means of connection to the leather of thestrop form a very simple, convenient, and inexpensive structure.

I claim as my invention 1. In a razor-strop, the combination with theleather portion of the strop having opposite edge notches near one end,of a longitudinally-split tube having end notches, a cord, the free endsof which are passed into .and securely held by said split tube, with theparts of the cord passing through the end notches and also through thenotches formed in the edges of the leather of the strop at oppositeplaces, said tube passing through the turned-over end of the strop andmeans for securing the said turned-over end to the main body of thestrop.

2. In a razor-strop, the combination with the leather portion of thestrop having opposite edge notches near one end, of alongitudinally-split tube in width agreeing with the leather portion andhaving end notches at the opposite side to the split or division, acord, the free ends of which are passed into and securely held by saidsplit tube, the parts of the cord passing through the end notches of thetube and also through the notches formed in the edges of the leather ofthe strop, said tube passing through the turned-over end of the strop,and a clip passing around and draw ing together the parts of the cordslightly beyond the strop so as to form a closed loop at one end.

Signed by me this 10th day of August, 1905.

FREDERICK KAMPFE.

Witnesses:

GEO. T. PINCKNEY, S. T. IIAVILAND.

